American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos).
The clever Corvid.
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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode:
- American crow song by Mike Andersen (ML508005)
- American crow croak call by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML508007)
- American crow nasal call by Robert C. Stein and William W. H. Gunn (ML508012)
- American crow flock call by Arnoud van den Berg (ML508014)
- Fish crow call by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML508032)
Sources and more:
- https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Crow
- https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/american-crow
- Dobson, C., Kassenbaum, D., Oehmke, D., & Misewicz, M. (2023). Field guide to hotspots and birds in Illinois. Scissortail LLC.
- Godfrey, M. A., & Kaufman, Kenn. (Directors). (2004). National Audubon Society videoguide to the birds of North America [Video recording]. In Audubon videoguide to 505 birds of North America DVD I & DVD II (Fullscreen.). Godfrey-Stadin Productions.
- Peterson, R. T., & Peterson, V. M. (1980). A field guide to the birds: A completely new guide to all the birds of eastern and central North America (Fourth edition, completely revised and enlarged.). Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Sibley, D. (2016). Sibley birds East: Field guide to birds of eastern North America (2nd ed.). Alfred A. Knopf.
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